Bananas

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers fresh, unprocessed banana production from plantation establishment or the beginning of a declared ratoon cycle through managed crop growth, irrigation, nutrient and crop-protection applications, harvest, grading, optional washing or cooling, primary packing, residue routing, and hand-off at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate. It covers commercial banana plantations and smallholder or multisite production when the plantation unit, crop cycle, production year, and gate are declared. It includes field residues and harvest or conditioning rejects when their fate is within the foreground boundary before the declared gate. Banana seed, sucker, corm, or tissue-culture planting-material production; plantain or other Musa products unless separately declared; dried, frozen, cooked, canned, processed, retail, consumer-storage, and consumption stages; unrelated land conversion or infrastructure construction; and downstream transport after the declared gate are excluded. Purchased inputs and services are included when they cross the foreground boundary and are used for the represented crop cycle or production year.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.bananas
classification_refs	CPC 3.0:01312 Bananas; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Fresh, unprocessed bananas delivered at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate
excluded_products	Banana planting-material production, plantains unless separately declared, dried, frozen, cooked, canned, processed, retail, consumer-storage, and consumption products, and downstream logistics after the declared gate
representative_product	Marketable fresh banana fruit meeting the declared cultivar or variety group, maturity, size, grade, cleanliness, trimming, packaging, and gate-state requirements
production_route	Plantation establishment or ratoon-cycle renewal; managed vegetative growth and bunch development; irrigation, nutrient, weed, pest, and disease management; harvest; dehanding or grading; optional washing, cooling, and primary packing; declared residue and reject routing
market_state	Fresh, unprocessed banana fruit in bunch, hand, carton, crate, or other declared primary-packaging state at the farm or pack-house gate

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Marketable fresh bananas at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate
How much	1,000 kg
How well	Fresh and unprocessed, with declared cultivar or variety group, maturity at harvest, size or grade, cleanliness, trimming or dehanding state, wash and cooling state, packaging state, and reject or residue fate
How long or cycle	One declared banana plantation production year or crop cycle, including all harvest flushes attributed to that cycle; establishment and shared plantation burdens must be disclosed and allocated across the declared productive cycles
reference_flow_link	marketable_banana_output

Field	Value
Reference amount	1000
Reference product flow	Bananas 7c496507-1583-4181-9a3a-2cf56d54b99c
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	production geography; cultivar or variety group; plantation, smallholder, or multisite route; establishment or ratoon-cycle status; stand age or cycle number; planting or regrowth date; harvest dates and bunch or lot identifiers; declared gate; maturity, size, grade, and trimming state; irrigation source and method; nutrient and crop-protection basis; washing and cooling state; packaging state; field-residue, reject, and wastewater fate

When constructing a foreground data package, the items listed in Required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, reference flow comment, product description, or an equivalent data package field. Missing required qualifiers make the reference flow definition incomplete for that data package.

This reference UUID denotes the fresh, unprocessed farm-gate product. Verify actual species, product state and handoff before applying the binding. An independent pack-house, further-processed or otherwise incompatible output requires separately verified identity and must not inherit this UUID. Identity verification does not change the actual system boundary or quantity-normalization requirements of this PCR.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_banana_mass	marketable bananas and harvest records	Mass	kg	Keep gross bunch or lot harvest, marketable fresh bananas, unmarketable fruit, trimming, field residue, and documented handling loss as separate measured or calculated quantities.
plantation_cycle_normalization	plantation, field, and crop-cycle records	Area, time, and mass	ha, year, and kg	Record inputs and harvests by plantation unit, field, or production lot and normalize them to the marketable output attributed to the same declared production year or crop cycle.
planting_material_basis	suckers, corms, tissue-culture plants, and other establishment material	Count or mass	plant, sucker, corm, or kg	Preserve the material type and purchased lot quantity; convert counts to mass only when a documented supplier or site conversion is available.
nutrient_product_basis	fertilizer, manure, compost, mulch, and soil-amendment inputs	Product mass and declared nutrient	kg product, kg N, kg P2O5, or kg K2O	Give every actual fertilizer or amendment product its own card, retaining physical product mass, formulation, nutrient composition and application records. Nutrient quantities are not additional inputs of the same product; collection or group identifiers cannot substitute for a concrete flow identity.
water_energy_basis	irrigation, washing, cooling, electricity, and fuel	Volume, energy, or fuel	m3, kWh, MJ, or L	Record irrigation and conditioning water separately; record purchased electricity and fuel in their measured units and disclose any conversion factor used.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Prepared plantation unit or field receiving banana planting material or entering a declared ratoon cycle, with prior land use and excluded infrastructure work disclosed
starting_condition_role	Start of the declared establishment, annual production year, or ratoon crop cycle accounting
product_classification_scope	Fresh bananas under CPC 3.0:01312 through the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate
recursive_input_rule	Purchased banana planting material is an upstream product input linked once; its own nursery, tissue-culture, sucker, or corm production is outside this PCR unless a separate upstream dataset is supplied. A banana product used as an input to another banana production unit is not recursively expanded without explicit upstream evidence.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Require upstream datasets for planting material, fertilizers and amendments, crop-protection products, irrigation water, electricity, fuel, packaging, and purchased transport or treatment services when used.
disclosure	Declare geography, plantation or smallholder route, cultivar or variety group, establishment or ratoon status, stand age or cycle number, crop dates, irrigation source and method, nutrient and crop-protection program, harvest lots, declared gate, yield and reject reconciliation, washing and cooling, packaging, residue and wastewater fate, and any shared plantation allocation.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_banana_cycle	establishment, ratoon renewal, and managed crop cycle	Include plantation establishment or declared ratoon-cycle renewal, crop management, irrigation, nutrient and crop-protection applications, harvest preparation, and the crop-cycle inputs that produce the declared fresh banana output; disclose prior land use and exclude unrelated infrastructure construction.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; fao-banana-production-manual
boundary_gate_conditioning	harvest, grading, and primary conditioning	End the foreground system at the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate and include cutting, bunch handling, dehanding, grading, optional washing, cooling, and primary packing when they occur before that gate.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6
boundary_managed_soil_and_residue	nutrients, managed soil, field residue, and reject fate	Estimate applicable direct and indirect soil or residue emissions using one declared method and the recorded nutrient inputs and residue fate; do not double count a nitrogen pathway or treat unsubstantiated residue use as a co-product credit.	ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-banana-production-guide-2015
boundary_biosecurity_records	planting material, field operations, and plantation hygiene	Record the source and status of planting material and relevant plantation hygiene or biosecurity controls when they affect the represented crop cycle; keep treatment records within the same declared site scope.	globalgap-tr4-banana-biosecurity

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
plantation_establishment	Banana plantation establishment	required	each represented planting, replanting, or declared plantation-unit establishment	foreground plantation establishment	established plantation unit, field, or crop-cycle area
managed_banana_crop_cycle	Managed banana crop cycle	required	every represented annual production year or ratoon crop cycle	foreground managed biological production	managed area and crop-cycle or production-year harvest
banana_harvest_and_conditioning	Banana harvest and gate conditioning	required	each represented harvest campaign and declared gate	foreground harvest, conditioning, packing, and gate hand-off	1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas
banana_residue_and_reject_routing	Banana residue and reject routing	conditional	on-site or included treatment, recovery, composting, feed use, disposal, or wastewater treatment occurs before the declared gate	foreground residue and reject fate	measured field residue, rejects, trim, and wastewater routed within the boundary

Process: Banana plantation establishment (plantation_establishment)

Inputs

Product flows

Flow: Banana planting material (planting_material_input)

Record the planting material entering the represented plantation unit, identifying whether it is a sucker, corm, tissue-culture plant, or another declared establishment material.

• Selected flow: Banana planting material

• Flow property / unit: Count or mass / plant, sucker, corm, or kg

• Amount rule: Record purchased lot quantity and the viable quantity planted in each field or plantation unit.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_establishment_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-tr4-banana-biosecurity

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Flow: Plantation land occupation (plantation_land_occupation)

Record the area-time occupied by the represented banana plantation unit or field during establishment and the declared crop cycle or production year.

• Selected flow: Land occupation by banana plantation

• Flow property / unit: Area-time / ha*a

• Amount rule: Multiply the represented plantation or field area by the declared occupation period; disclose prior land use and exclude unrelated land transformation unless explicitly in scope.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_plantation_register

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Managed banana crop cycle (managed_banana_crop_cycle)

Inputs

Product flows

Urea fertilizer (managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

Collection scope and applicability for managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Collect each fertilizer product separately. Preserve each actual product identity, quantity, formulation, nutrient composition, application event, and allocation; do not count a compound product more than once. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Urea 3f8850c0-f718-4c4b-8fcb-8fd42e03aa8e
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_nutrient_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Use this product identity only when the actual formulation and grade are compatible. Retain supplier composition and mass records; do not substitute nutrient mass, dilute solution mass or service activity for the product mass. The UUID alone supplies neither a dose nor an emission factor.

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Ammonium sulfate 8c6f0cbb-16d7-4dc9-8d55-e8dea17d7faf
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_nutrient_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Use this product identity only when the actual formulation and grade are compatible. Retain supplier composition and mass records; do not substitute nutrient mass, dilute solution mass or service activity for the product mass. The UUID alone supplies neither a dose nor an emission factor.

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Triple superphosphate fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_nutrient_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Potassium chloride fertilizer (managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Potassium chloride fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_nutrient_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-fertilizer-identities

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure applied as fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_nutrient_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-organic-nutrients

Composted plant residues applied to soil (managed_banana_crop_cycle_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Composted plant residues applied to soil
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_nutrient_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu; fao-organic-nutrients

Flow: Irrigation water supplied to banana plantation (irrigation_water_input)

Record water delivered to the represented banana plantation or field for crop irrigation.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Use meter, pump, controller, or documented water-balance records for water delivered to the crop; keep source and method separate.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_irrigation_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6

Electricity at the equipment supply point (plantation_energy_input_electricity)

Collection scope and applicability for plantation_energy_input. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record electricity and fuel used for pumping, field machinery, crop operations, and other managed crop-cycle activities inside the declared boundary. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 455f0ef5-6118-4f2b-a3f5-1f75e0afe3ca
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_field_energy_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_field_energy_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; fao-agricultural-energy

This binding is alternating current at the use point with supply technology, voltage and provider unspecified. Confirm actual AC supply; DC requires a different identity. The database reference is 1 MJ: preserve meter kWh and convert once using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ when linking reference quantities. Internal generation links to its foreground generator, without an additional purchased-electricity burden.

Diesel fuel supplied to equipment (plantation_energy_input_diesel)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_field_energy_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_field_energy_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; fao-agricultural-energy

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Flow: Irrigation water-resource withdrawal (irrigation_withdrawal)

Record the environmental water withdrawal associated with delivered crop irrigation when the source and withdrawal are within the declared foreground boundary.

• Selected flow: Water-resource withdrawal for banana irrigation

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Use the measured or calculated withdrawal associated with the irrigation-water input and disclose source, return flow, and method.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_irrigation_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Outputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Flow: Banana field residue (field_residue_output)

Record pseudostem, leaves, rejected bunch material, and other crop residues leaving the managed crop process for field return, composting, feed use, removal, or disposal.

• Selected flow: Banana field residue

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry material

• Amount rule: Measure or calculate residue by field or plantation unit and record the declared destination; do not infer productive use from field presence alone.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu

Elementary flows

Flow: Direct soil nitrous oxide emission (direct_n2o_emission)

Calculate direct nitrous oxide emissions from eligible nutrient inputs and managed crop residues using the declared method and recorded nutrient or residue basis.

• Selected flow: Direct nitrous oxide from managed banana soil

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O

• Amount rule: Apply the declared method factor to eligible nitrogen inputs and residue treatment; document whether the result is reported as N2O or N2O-N.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas attributed to the same crop cycle or production year.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: N input (n_input)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_nutrient_records

• Sources: ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu

Process: Banana harvest and gate conditioning (banana_harvest_and_conditioning)

Inputs

Product flows

Electricity at the equipment supply point (harvest_energy_input_electricity)

Collection scope and applicability for harvest_energy_input. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record electricity and fuel used for bunch handling, dehanding, grading, washing, cooling, and primary packing before the declared gate. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 455f0ef5-6118-4f2b-a3f5-1f75e0afe3ca
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_postharvest_energy_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_postharvest_energy_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6; fao-agricultural-energy

This binding is alternating current at the use point with supply technology, voltage and provider unspecified. Confirm actual AC supply; DC requires a different identity. The database reference is 1 MJ: preserve meter kWh and convert once using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ when linking reference quantities. Internal generation links to its foreground generator, without an additional purchased-electricity burden.

Diesel fuel supplied to equipment (harvest_energy_input_diesel)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_postharvest_energy_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_postharvest_energy_records
• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6; fao-agricultural-energy

Flow: Conditioning or wash water (conditioning_water_input)

Record water used for optional washing, sanitation, or conditioning before the declared farm-gate or pack-house gate.

• Selected flow: Banana conditioning or wash water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Record delivered water by batch or meter period and distinguish crop irrigation from post-harvest conditioning water.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_postharvest_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Flow: Marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate (marketable_banana_output)

Record the fresh banana lots that meet the declared maturity, size, grade, cleanliness, trimming, packaging, and gate-state qualifiers.

• Selected flow: Bananas 7c496507-1583-4181-9a3a-2cf56d54b99c
• Flow property/unit: Mass / kg

Original reference-state unit annotation: Mass / kg wet fresh bananas

Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Use final scale and dispatch records; normalize all foreground inputs and losses to 1,000 kg of this gate output.

• Amount rule: 1000 kg

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_gate_output_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6

Waste flows

Flow: Banana harvest and conditioning rejects (harvest_reject_output)

Record unmarketable bunches, hands, fingers, trimming, and grading or conditioning rejects separately from field residue and document their destination.

• Selected flow: Banana harvest and conditioning rejects

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet material

• Amount rule: Reconcile received harvest, marketable gate output, rejects, residue, wastewater-related solids, and documented handling loss.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_gate_output_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Flow: Banana conditioning wastewater (conditioning_wastewater_output)

Record wash or conditioning wastewater leaving the included preparation operation and identify whether it is treated, reused, discharged, or transferred to another dataset.

• Selected flow: Banana conditioning wastewater

• Flow property / unit: Volume or mass / m3 or kg

• Amount rule: Use meter or batch records and keep wastewater quantity separate from clean conditioning-water input.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_postharvest_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Elementary flows

Process: Banana residue and reject routing (banana_residue_and_reject_routing)

Inputs

Product flows

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Flow: Recovered organic material from banana residues or rejects (recovered_organic_product_output)

Record compost, mulch, feed material, or another recovered product only when a documented recipient, quantity, quality basis, and intended use exist.

• Selected flow: Recovered organic material from banana residues or rejects

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry material

• Amount rule: Record recovered output and quality basis; apply a co-product or recovered-material rule only when the recipient and intended use are documented.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015; iso-14044-2006

Waste flows

Flow: Residual banana organic waste after routing (residual_organic_waste_output)

Record the fraction of residue or rejects that remains a waste flow after recovery, treatment, composting, feed use, or disposal.

• Selected flow: Residual banana organic waste

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet or dry material

• Amount rule: Calculate as routed input less documented recovered product and other measured outputs; report the treatment or disposal destination.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Flow: Treated banana conditioning wastewater (treated_wastewater_output)

Record wastewater leaving an included treatment route and distinguish it from untreated conditioning wastewater transferred to a downstream service.

• Selected flow: Treated banana conditioning wastewater

• Flow property / unit: Volume or mass / m3 or kg

• Amount rule: Use treatment records or water balance and disclose whether the treated stream leaves to a downstream service, is reused, or is discharged within the boundary.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_records

• Sources: fao-banana-production-guide-2015

Elementary flows

Methane to air (routing_treatment_emissions_ch4)

Collection scope and applicability for routing_treatment_emissions. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record or calculate emissions from an included treatment route only when the route, method, and measured or documented inputs support the emission pathway. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable fresh bananas at the declared gate.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Calculate from the actual pathway, substance-mass basis and receiving compartment; convert N- or C-based factors to this substance mass. Include only the foreground contribution and avoid duplicating linked upstream or treatment-service emissions.

• Selected flow: Methane to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_residue_and_reject_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_records
• Sources: ipcc-biological-waste-2006

Nitrous oxide to air (routing_treatment_emissions_n2o)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Calculate from the actual pathway, substance-mass basis and receiving compartment; convert N- or C-based factors to this substance mass. Include only the foreground contribution and avoid duplicating linked upstream or treatment-service emissions.

• Selected flow: Nitrous oxide to air
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_residue_and_reject_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)
• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_records
• Sources: ipcc-biological-waste-2006

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_single_banana_cycle	shared plantation, field, irrigation, machinery, and utility records	Attribute inputs and emissions to bananas using the recorded plantation unit, area, dates, crop cycle or production year, and marketable output; do not allocate to another crop or year without its own records.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; iso-14044-2006
allocation_plantation_establishment	establishment, replanting, ratoon renewal, and shared plantation burdens	Disclose plantation age and cycle number, then assign establishment or shared plantation burdens across the declared productive cycles using a documented attribution rule; do not silently assign all establishment burdens to one harvest year.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; iso-14044-2006
allocation_residue_reject_fate	field residue, harvest rejects, trim, recovered material, and wastewater	Do not assign a co-product credit to residue or rejects unless a documented recipient, quantity, quality basis, and intended use exist; otherwise retain the burden with banana production and report the fate.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; iso-14044-2006
allocation_shared_conditioning	shared harvest, conditioning, packing, and utilities	Allocate shared conditioning inputs by measured banana throughput, run time, or another documented physical relationship; disclose the allocation basis and reconcile it to gate output.	globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6; iso-14044-2006

Concrete cards do not inherit numerical ranges from the former aggregate card. Determine quantities from original records, stock/meter reconciliation and the declared reference flow; no default quantity or numeric screen is supplied without evidence matching the identity, unit, period and boundary. Missing range evidence is a quality disclosure, not zero use or proof of completeness.

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_residual_precedence	remaining common burden with no specified primary branch	Resolve any study-specific joint-product instruction in this PCR that has no specified primary branch using this precedence; retain an already explicitly prescribed category-specific primary method. First directly assign separable output-specific activities. For the remaining common burden B, use a physical driver d_i only when measured operation or biological-service records demonstrate the causal consumption represented by that driver. A product being weighable, valuable or lower grade alone is insufficient; do not switch arbitrarily between area, time, mass and revenue. For comparable grades receiving the same common handling, measured processed mass is applicable only with the same service demand, state and moisture basis demonstrated. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j); B_i=Ba_i. If no defensible causal physical driver exists for that common operation, use gate- and period-matched economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with the complete independently intended output set, compatible quantity/price units, currency, representative prices and values before output-specific downstream processing. Missing price or denominator evidence makes the allocated result incomplete, not a zero-priced product or a single-output system. Report shares summing to one and sensitivity to a material alternative; an alternative is not an interchangeable primary result. Waste, retained residues and internal transfers receive no co-product share, while their attributable production/handling burdens remain with the producing saleable route. Retain unallocated physical quantities and mass balances separately. This branch gives no automatic substitution credit; any separately scoped substitution analysis retains the gross inventory and its actual displaced-function evidence.	ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Specific input identification before dataset completion

Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.

requirement_id	collection_protocol_id	Preserved collection scope
crop_protection_input_specific_input	cp_crop_protection_records	Operation managed_banana_crop_cycle: Record each crop-protection product or active ingredient used for the represented banana crop cycle, including the target and application method. Original quantity method: Sum supplier product quantity and, where available, calculate active-ingredient mass from the documented formulation.
primary_packaging_input_specific_input	cp_packaging_records	Operation banana_harvest_and_conditioning: Record the primary packaging that crosses the boundary before the declared gate, including reusable crates or pallets when the represented batch carries a documented share. Original quantity method: Use supplier specification and batch count; disclose material, unit mass, reuse status, and allocation to banana output.

Retain raw site, lot, cycle and stage quantities and denominators in each collection protocol. Reconcile stocks, losses, moisture and co-product attribution first, then normalize: normalized exchange = attributable raw exchange × declared reference quantity / accepted hand-off product quantity on the same boundary and measurement basis. Apply perennial-establishment and shared-operation attribution before this normalization. Never set an internal-transfer quantity equal to the final reference quantity. Per declared reference flow means the amount, unit and product state in section 3; the data package must declare its actual route and gate.

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_establishment_records	plantation_establishment	planting material and establishment inputs	planting-material invoice, lot record, and plantation establishment log	lot; material type; viable quantity; field or plantation unit; date; planting or regrowth status; product mass	retain supplier record and field establishment record; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by campaign and normalize to marketable output	plant, sucker, corm, kg product, and kg nutrient	each establishment or replanting campaign	full represented crop cycle or production year	each field or plantation unit	per declared reference flow	supplier lot trace, planting record, and cycle reconciliation
cp_plantation_register	plantation_establishment; managed_banana_crop_cycle	area, crop dates, stand age, cycle number, and shared plantation attribution	field, plantation-unit, and crop-cycle register	area; unit; prior land use; planting or regrowth date; stand age; cycle number; crop dates; shared-use flag	verify register against field map and production records; Raw aggregation and attribution: calculate area-time and assign shared burdens with the declared rule	ha, m2, days, years, and crop-cycle identifier	each crop cycle or production year	full represented crop cycle or production year	each banana field, plantation unit, or smallholder site	per declared reference flow	field map, production register, dates, and stand evidence
cp_irrigation_records	managed_banana_crop_cycle	crop irrigation and water withdrawal	meter, pump, controller, or water-balance record	source; meter start and end; event date; area; method; rainfall adjustment; withdrawal and return flow	meter reading or documented water-balance calculation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum delivered irrigation and withdrawal by cycle, year, and source	m3	each event or meter period	full represented crop cycle or production year	each banana field or plantation unit	per declared reference flow	calibrated meter or documented balance inputs
cp_field_energy_records	managed_banana_crop_cycle	plantation fuel and electricity	fuel invoice, equipment activity log, and electricity meter	fuel or electricity; equipment; operation; field; date; allocation basis	supplier record plus equipment or meter log; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate shared operations by area, hours, throughput, or declared physical basis	L, MJ, or kWh	each refuelling, operation, or meter period	full represented crop cycle or production year	each banana field or plantation unit	per declared reference flow	invoice, equipment log, meter record, and allocation calculation
cp_nutrient_records	managed_banana_crop_cycle	nutrient and soil-amendment inputs	nutrient plan, supplier invoice, and application log	product; material description; nutrient concentration; date; area; quantity; method; soil or tissue test	reconcile product records with field application records; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum product and nutrient mass by cycle or year and declared basis nutrient_loss_emission_specific_emission: Use a declared surplus or loss-factor method based on nutrient records, soil or climate information, and documented water or soil pathway; do not estimate loss from purchase mass alone. Identify each applicable nutrient-loss substance and actual receiving compartment as a separate elementary exchange, with matched N/P activity, compatible factor basis and documented conversion from elemental to compound mass. Preserve the original crop-cycle/output normalization and actual upstream coverage; missing pathway records are not zero. Total nutrient loss is not one flow and must not all be assigned to nitrate or phosphate. Instantiate and verify the specific identities, or explicitly track unresolved identities, before dataset completeness. ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu	kg product and kg nutrient	each application	full represented crop cycle or production year	each banana field or plantation unit	per declared reference flow	label or supplier specification, soil or tissue evidence, and application log
cp_crop_protection_records	managed_banana_crop_cycle	crop-protection products and biosecurity actions	treatment log, supplier record, and site hygiene register	product; active ingredient; rate; area; date; target; equipment; hygiene action; site	record each application and relevant hygiene or biosecurity action; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by product, active ingredient, action, and cycle or year crop_protection_input_specific_input: Operation managed_banana_crop_cycle: Record each crop-protection product or active ingredient used for the represented banana crop cycle, including the target and application method. Original quantity method: Sum supplier product quantity and, where available, calculate active-ingredient mass from the documented formulation. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	kg product, kg active ingredient, and declared action count	each application or action	full represented crop cycle or production year	each banana field or plantation unit	per declared reference flow	application log, product label, and site record
cp_residue_and_reject_records	managed_banana_crop_cycle; banana_harvest_and_conditioning; banana_residue_and_reject_routing	field residue, rejects, trim, recovered material, and wastewater fate	residue, reject, treatment, recovery, and destination record	source stream; field or batch; date; wet or dry mass; volume; destination; recipient; quality basis	weigh or meter each stream and retain destination evidence; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile each source stream to recovered product, residual waste, treatment, or downstream transfer residue_reject_routing_input_specific_input: Record field residue, harvest rejects, conditioning trim, or wastewater entering an on-site or included recovery, treatment, composting, feed-use, or disposal route before the declared gate. Use the measured quantity and declared destination from the corresponding field, harvest, or conditioning record; do not duplicate a stream routed outside the boundary. This is a mandatory specific-input collection requirement, not a selected exchange. Identify every actual formulation, carrier or independently supplied service from primary records, with physical identity, state, native quantity and supplier specifications. Create a separate concrete card for each actual input before dataset completeness; verify a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Product mass and contained active-substance mass are different ledgers: convert only using documented composition and never count both as two purchases. Finished feed and separately added ingredients must not duplicate its recipe. Distinguish fuel purchase, purchased electricity/heat and inclusive machinery services; charge only their actual boundaries once. Preserve the original operation, period, attribution and final-output normalization. Missing identity or records do not establish zero use; no universal component range or invented recipe is supplied. fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6	kg wet, kg dry, and m3	each harvest lot, treatment batch, or routing event	full represented crop cycle or production year	each field, plantation unit, preparation line, or treatment route	per declared reference flow	scale or meter record, recipient record, and treatment or disposal receipt
cp_harvest_records	managed_banana_crop_cycle; banana_harvest_and_conditioning	harvest and crop-cycle output	harvest ticket, bunch or lot register, and scale record	field; bunch or lot; date; gross mass; marketable mass; maturity; grade; reject; destination	weigh each harvest lot or use documented lot reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum gross harvest, marketable output, rejects, and losses by cycle or year	kg wet bananas	each harvest lot or campaign	full represented harvest campaign	each banana field or plantation unit	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale, lot ticket, and grade record
cp_postharvest_records	banana_harvest_and_conditioning	washing, wastewater, rejects, and batch conditioning	conditioning batch and utility records	received mass; wash water; discharge; trim; packaging; batch; date; fate; gate state	batch record plus meter and packaging allocation; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate by batch and normalize to marketable gate output	kg, m3, kWh, and packaging units	each batch or meter period	full represented harvest campaign	each preparation line or pack-house	per declared reference flow	meter record, batch sheet, and waste or treatment receipt
cp_postharvest_energy_records	banana_harvest_and_conditioning	cooling, grading, washing, and packing electricity or fuel	electricity meter, fuel record, and throughput record	meter period; line; kWh or fuel; throughput; cooling duration; batch	meter or fuel allocation by throughput or run time; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate shared utility by throughput or run time and reconcile to batch output	kWh, MJ, or L	each meter period or batch	full represented harvest campaign	each in-scope preparation line	per declared reference flow	meter data, fuel record, and allocation calculation
cp_packaging_records	banana_harvest_and_conditioning	primary packaging	packaging specification, bill of materials, and count record	material; unit mass; units; reuse status; batch; output mass	packaging count and specification reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum packaging material per gate output and disclose reuse primary_packaging_input_specific_input: Operation banana_harvest_and_conditioning: Record the primary packaging that crosses the boundary before the declared gate, including reusable crates or pallets when the represented batch carries a documented share. Original quantity method: Use supplier specification and batch count; disclose material, unit mass, reuse status, and allocation to banana output. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	kg material and packaging units	each packaging lot or batch	full represented harvest campaign	each preparation line or pack-house	per declared reference flow	supplier specification, count sheet, and reuse declaration
cp_gate_output_records	banana_harvest_and_conditioning	marketable output and final rejects	dispatch scale, lot record, and reject record	lot; date; gate; packed mass; maturity; grade; reject; destination; gate state	final scale and lot reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum marketable output and final reject streams; normalize to 1,000 kg	kg wet bananas	each dispatch lot	full represented harvest campaign	declared gate	per declared reference flow	calibrated scale or lot record and grade record

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_nutrient_mass	fertilizer, manure, compost, mulch, and amendment rows	Product mass multiplied by the documented nutrient fraction; retain original product mass and nutrient basis.	product invoice; nutrient concentration; application record	kg N, kg P2O5, or kg K2O by cycle or year	fao-banana-production-guide-2015
calc_cycle_normalization	all crop-cycle and production-year inputs	Crop-cycle or production-year quantity divided by marketable fresh banana mass and multiplied by 1,000 kg.	input record; marketable gate output	normalized quantity per 1,000 kg output
calc_plantation_attribution	plantation establishment, replanting, ratoon renewal, and shared plantation inputs	Apply the documented stand-age, cycle-number, or production-year attribution rule to shared plantation inputs, then reconcile each cycle or year to its marketable output.	plantation register; dates; input records; cycle output	crop-cycle or production-year quantity	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; iso-14044-2006
calc_area_time	plantation land occupation	Plantation or field area multiplied by the represented occupation period; disclose prior land use and any excluded land transformation.	plantation register; crop or production dates	area-time quantity	fao-banana-production-guide-2015
calc_nitrogen_emission	direct soil nitrous oxide and nutrient-loss rows	Apply the selected IPCC-compatible factor or site method to eligible nutrient inputs and declared residue fate; document factors and whether the result is reported as substance or element mass.	nutrient records; residue records; method choice; soil or climate parameters	kg substance emitted	ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu
calc_gate_mass_balance	harvest, conditioning, and gate preparation	Received harvest mass equals marketable gate output plus rejects, residue, wastewater-related solids, recovered product, and documented handling loss within measurement uncertainty.	harvest tickets; conditioning records; dispatch, routing, and reject records	reconciled mass balance	fao-banana-production-guide-2015
calc_routing_balance	residue and reject routing	Routed stream equals recovered product plus residual waste, treated wastewater, measured emissions basis, and any documented downstream transfer; do not credit an unverified destination.	routed input; recovery record; treatment record; downstream receipt	routing balance	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; iso-14044-2006
chemical_species_mass_accounting	elementary_nutrient_emissions	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	cp_nutrient_records; cp_residue_and_reject_records; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
quality_identity	all flow and product records	Declare banana form, cultivar or variety group, plantation or smallholder route, establishment or ratoon status, stand age or cycle number, gate, maturity, grade, wash or cooling state, packaging state, and residue or reject fate; resolve platform identities during foreground dataset construction where required.	lot record, product description, and reference-flow qualifiers
quality_measurement	inputs and outputs	Prefer calibrated meters, scales, supplier invoices, nutrient plans, application logs, and treatment receipts; document estimation and allocation methods where direct measurement is unavailable.	meter calibration, scale record, invoice, receipt, or calculation sheet
quality_temporal	crop-cycle or production-year inventory	Cover the full represented establishment or ratoon renewal, active management, harvest campaign, conditioning, routing, and gate hand-off period.	plantation register, application log, irrigation records, harvest tickets, batch sheets, and dispatch records
quality_completeness	crop-cycle or production-year balance	Reconcile planting material, nutrients, irrigation, energy, crop protection, gross harvest, marketable output, field residue, rejects, wastewater, packaging, and routing streams.	crop-cycle or production-year input and mass reconciliation
quality_disclosure	dataset metadata	Disclose annual or ratoon route, stand age or cycle number, irrigation source, nutrient basis, crop-protection products, harvest lots, washing, cooling, packaging, gate, and residue or reject destination.	dataset metadata and supporting records

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_reference_output	reference flow and gate output	The declared reference output must be marketable fresh, unprocessed bananas at the declared gate and use mass in kg; processed banana products, retail products, and unqualified Musa products are outside this PCR.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015
validate_cycle_dates	establishment, management, harvest, routing, and gate preparation	Establishment or ratoon renewal, applications, irrigation, harvest lots, conditioning, routing, and gate output must fall within the declared crop cycle or production year or be explicitly attributed to it.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6
validate_nutrient_basis	nutrient inputs and emissions	Product mass, nutrient concentration, nutrient basis, residue treatment, and emission calculation method must be present and internally consistent; do not count product mass and nutrient mass as the same exchange.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu
validate_mass_balance	harvest, conditioning, and routing	Gross harvest and received mass must reconcile with marketable output, rejects, residue, wastewater-related solids, recovered product, downstream transfers, and losses within the declared measurement uncertainty.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015
validate_flow_identity_resolution	parameterized rows	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.
validate_qualifiers	reference flow and dataset metadata	Required qualifiers must be present, including cultivar or variety group, establishment or ratoon status, stand age or cycle number, harvest lots, maturity and grade, gate, washing, cooling, packaging, and residue, reject, and wastewater fate.	fao-banana-production-guide-2015; globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	foreground agricultural production dataset for fresh bananas at a farm-gate or pack-house gate
downstream_use	secondary_dataset for fresh-banana product systems; background_dataset only when the provider explicitly publishes a representative regional or market-average dataset with the required metadata
allowed_use	Comparative product studies, plantation or crop-cycle inventory modelling, farm improvement, and declared fresh-banana supply-chain assessments within the stated geography and product state
excluded_use	Planting-material production, plantain or other Musa substitution without disclosure, dried, frozen, cooked, canned, retail, consumption, or downstream logistics after the declared gate; do not extrapolate across plantation ages, ratoon cycles, or conditioning routes without scenario disclosure
required_metadata	product form; cultivar or variety group; plantation or smallholder route; establishment or ratoon status; stand age or cycle number; geography; dates or production year; harvest lots; declared gate; yield; irrigation source and quantity; nutrient basis; crop-protection program; washing and cooling; packaging; residue, reject, and wastewater fate
required_quality_disclosure	temporal coverage, site scope, measurement versus calculated values, plantation-cycle attribution and allocation rules, mass-balance and routing results, platform identity resolution status, and all provisional estimates requiring replacement by foreground records
update_trigger	change in cultivar or route, plantation age or cycle, irrigation method, nutrient program, crop-protection program, harvest form, wash or cooling line, packaging format, gate definition, residue or reject destination, or evidence that changes material quantities or boundary rules

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
fao-banana-production-guide-2015	official_guidance	FAO and partners, Good Agricultural Practices and Biosecurity for Banana Production, 2015, https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/banana/documents/Docs_Resources/2015/TR4/cartilla_banano_definitiva_-_ENGLISH_final.pdf	banana plantation establishment, crop management, harvest, post-harvest facilities, biosecurity, residue context, and production records
fao-banana-production-manual	official_guidance	FAO, Bananas, Agriculture Services Bulletin, https://www.fao.org/4/T0308E/T0308E00.htm	banana plant and commercial plantation production context, crop-cycle operations, and farm boundary interpretation
ipcc-2019-refinement-afolu	method_factor	IPCC, 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Volume 4 AFOLU, https://efdb.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/index.html	managed-soil nitrogen, crop-residue, and agricultural emission calculation methods
globalgap-ifa-fruit-vegetables-v6	official_guidance	GLOBALG.A.P., Integrated Farm Assurance guideline for Fruit and Vegetables v6, https://documents.globalgap.org/documents/230414_IFA_guideline_FV_v6_0_Apr23_en.pdf	production records, fertilizer and crop-protection records, traceability, harvest, and post-harvest quality evidence
globalgap-tr4-banana-biosecurity	official_guidance	GLOBALG.A.P., TR4 Biosecurity Add-on for Bananas, https://globalgap.org/what-we-offer/solutions/tr4-biosecurity-add-on/	banana planting-material traceability, plantation hygiene, and biosecurity disclosure
iso-14044-2006	standard	ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines	allocation hierarchy, co-product handling, and documented attribution rules
fao-fertilizer-identities	official_guidance	FAO Fertilizer Specifications, https://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/plantnutrition/fertspecs/en/	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-organic-nutrients	official_guidance	FAO How to Make and Use Compost, https://www.fao.org/4/i2230e/i2230e.pdf	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-agricultural-energy	official_guidance	FAO Energy demand and consumption in African agriculture, Annex C case-study results, https://www.fao.org/4/v9766e/v9766e08.htm	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
eea-emission-methods	official_guidance	EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023, https://www.eea.europa.eu/en/analysis/publications/emep-eea-guidebook-2023	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
ipcc-soils-n2o-2019	official_guidance	IPCC 2019 Refinement, Volume 4, Chapter 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/pdf/4_Volume4/19R_V4_Ch11_Soils_N2O_CO2.pdf	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
ipcc-biological-waste-2006	method_factor	IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 5, Chapter 4: Biological Treatment of Solid Waste, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/pdf/5_Volume5/V5_4_Ch4_Bio_Treat.pdf	Only the declared actual pathway; retain activity data and applicable factors separately
ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011	standard	WRI/WBCSD, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), Chapter 9, https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	General allocation hierarchy and comparable-gate economic basis. Applicability conditions and the explicit residual branch are this PCR's method convention; no product-specific causal coefficient, price or output quantity is prescribed by this source.